GBG

Anyone ever experience this? see pics. In some light it doesn't look as bad as these pics, but it 'aint good. Driving me nuts.


I think it happened shortly after a car wash... the fog is on the inside. It doesn't look like moisture, but maybe it is? Any ideas to resolve??

Thanks!

ervin881

Wait. It will most likely dissipate. If moisture got in, it will eventually get out (assuming the humidity in the car is lower than in the gauges).

motopix

Wow that is crazy. I don't have any advice for you but I seem to recall it's pretty easy to remove the instrument cluster on these cars. Do some googling on removing the cluster and maybe also on how to replace the dial faces as that would tell you how to get into the cluster.

I don't think waiting for it to dry out, if it does, is going to leave an acceptable result but that is worth a try too.

OKB

thats not fog, that looks like its sprayed with some liquid, like car wash. I think you have some enter from behind the dash. I would take the gauge face off and see whats inside the cluster

Evilfrog

That's dry whatever it is. It looks like water got in, and brought minerals with it. The water evaporated and left the minerals behind.

I think you'll have to remove the gauge face to clean it. I'm curious on how the water got in there, but I don't think I can offer any theories.

GBG

Thanks fellas. I think it is dried up water (minerals etc) from a car wash. I don't see how a car wash guy spraying the interior with a water bottle could've possibly caused water to get inside the clusters... a mystery. Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll have my Indy remove the lenses from the instrument cluster and clean 'em. Hopefully it's easy. Thanks

beetleything

I think the IMS blew and that's the spray from it....

GBG

Actually about 2 weeks ago I had my A/C system cleaned to remove mold/mildew... I believe the guy injects some sort of cleanser into the A/C vents... I'm now thinking that something in that process probably caused a delayed reaction this residue to form on the inside of the instrument clusters. Absent that half baked theory, it's a still a mystery because my original idea of a car wash guy's spraying water getting into the clusters just doesn't add up.

Thanks again for helpful comments.

user 72902

I'd guess that the car wash sprayed something in the interior and left it to dry. You might try some detailing plastic polish like NOVUS that could remove the contaminant but not scratch the surface. Thinking it is on the exterior of the lens.

Petza914

I have a complete black face MT gauge cluster for sale in the Marketplace should you need to replace it. $750 shipped.

Linnm

I'd think about the cluster!

LonestarPorsche

Are you 100% sure its on the inside? I have seen many "Chemical Lens Etching" in my profession and it does sometimes appear that its on the inside because when you wipe on it, it doesn't come off, so people assume its on the inside. What usually happens is there is a plastic lens coating on some cars to reduce glare and fog. When a carwash place uses "plastic and trim" dressing that is silicone based, it will etch the protective cover. Spray it with ammonia free glass cleaner, if the milkiness disappears temporary, then its on the outside.

WhipE350

+1 I bet this is outside. At the car wash do they clean the inside of your car. If so someone sprayed something and it dried.

porscheatx

This happened to mine, I used McGuires PlasticX (used for headlight lens fog) and it took it right off.